# 1966 Men's British Open Squash Championship

The 1966 British Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 13–22 December 1965. Abdelfattah Abou Taleb won his third consecutive title defeating Aftab Jawaid. The competition came under criticism for the modern day physicality which increased the chances of players getting injured, in the first round Ward was taken to hospital following a head injury received whilst playing Jawaid. The champion Taleb also came under fire for his aggressive attitude, particularly in the final.

## Seeds

* Abdelfattah Abou Taleb
* Aftab Jawaid
* Tewfik Shafik
* Kamal Zaghloul
* Gerald Massy
* Jeremy Lyon
* Jonah Barrington
* Aly Abdel Aziz

## Draw and results
### First qualifying round

| Player One | Player Two | Score |
| John Skinner | Don Thompson | 9-1 9-1 9-3 |
| Nigel Faulks | Mike Hill | 4-9 3-9 9-6 9-5 9-7 |
| Sherif Afifi | Tom Hendry | 9-4 9-4 9-7 |
| George Chisholm | Mike Corby | w/o |
| Jonathan Smith | Pat Kirton | 1-9 6-9 9-3 9-0 9-0 |
| Sharif Khan | Mike Breckon | 9-6 9-4 3-9 9-1 |
| Denis Hughes | Clive Francis | 10-8 9-2 9-3 |
| Samir Nadim | Richard Hawkey | 9-3 10-8 9-4 |
| Maged Abaza | Brian Wise | 9-5 9-1 9-0 |

### Second qualifying round

| Player One | Player Two | Score |
| John Skinner | Samir Nadim | 9-4 9-8 4-9 9-2 |
| John Ward | Henry Macintosh | 9-3 9-6 9-1 |
| Sherif Afifi | Nigel Faulks | 9-5 9-6 6-9 9-4 |
| Maged Abaza | David Brazier | w/o |
| Jonathan Smith | Arthur Catherine | 10-8 9-1 9-2 |
| Sharif Khan | George Chisholm | 9-3 9-3 9-6 |
| Peter Stokes | Ken Davidson | 9-6 5-9 9-7 9-4 |
| Denis Hughes | Tony Gathercole | w/o |

### Main draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Abdelfattah Abou Taleb | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Peter Stokes | 2 | 7 | 1 | | | 1 | Taleb | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Gerald Massy | 9 | 6 | 5 | ret | | | Smith | 7 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jonathan Smith | 6 | 9 | 9 | w/o | | | | | | | | 1 | Taleb | 6 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Tewfik Shafik | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | 3 | Shafik | 9 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | Sharif Khan | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | Shafik | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Jonah Barrington | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | 7 | Barrington | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Denis Hughes | 5 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Taleb | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Aftab Jawaid | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Jawaid | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| | John Ward | 4 | 1 | 2 | | | 2 | Jawaid | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Maged Abaza | 4 | 4 | 4 | | | 6 | Lyon | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Jeremy Lyon | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Jawaid | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Kamal Zaghloul | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | 4 | Zaghloul | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | John Skinner | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | | 4 | Zaghloul | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Aly Abdel Aziz | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | Aziz | 2 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sherif Afifi | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Third Place

Kamal Zaghloul beat Tewfik Shafik 8-10 9-2 9-7 8-10 9-5 9-0 0-9 9-1 9-6
| Preceded by1965 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1966 | Succeeded by1967 |